Serial drunk-driver pleads guilty to fatality
Crime prompts DA to seek tougher penalties for repeat offenders
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Pat Crowley (left) and District Attorney Tom Hogan listen as Diane Crowley addresses a news conference on increasing penalties for repeat drunk drivers who cause a death. The Crowleys lost their son, Liam James, a year ago, in a crash caused by an eight-time drunk-driver.
On Monday,...
Veteran Avondale trooper suspended without pay
Kelly Cruz faces federal indictment in long-running police-brutality case
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Trooper Kelly Cruz, a patrol supervisor in the Avondale barracks, has been suspended without pay following a federal indictment, a state police spokesman said.
Nearly four years after being accused of using excessive force during a drug bust, a veteran state police narcotics...
Allegations arising from prison affair continue
Female inmate sued former correctional officer, county, and warden
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
A case involving an admitted sexual infraction by a longtime Chester County Prison correctional officer – an offense that cost him his job – has generated a federal lawsuit and raised new questions about what happened in a prison basement.
When county detectives first asked Beverly...
Man waives hearing on invasion-of-privacy charges
Dental office worker is accused of secretly videotaping female colleagues
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Joseph “Joey” C. Kolimaga is accused of surreptitiously videotaping female co-workers in their changing room at a West Goshen dental surgery practice.
An employee at a West Chester dental surgery practice made a disconcerting discovery in August: a cell phone set...
